On 03/28/2013 02:00 PM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On April 2, 2013 ftp1.scientificlinux.org will be transitioned to new 
> hardware.  We expect this change to be completely transparent with no down time.
>
> This change should result in increased reliability and improved performance.
>
> This is the next step of the update to the Scientific Linux distribution 
> servers outlined at HEPiX Beijing 2012.
>
> Thanks!

For those of you that asked, thanks for pointing out the ambiguity.

Yes we will be updating the http and ftp services on this host.  It functions 
as both an ftp and http source for yum updates as well as ISO downloads.

The services should not be negatively impacted.

Pat

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Pat Riehecky

Scientific Linux developer
http://www.scientificlinux.org/